Safe haven |Hazel Callahan x Reader |

Movie

"Do you wanna meet up later?"
Hazel nudges me as we walk through the hallway.
She's been my friend for a few weeks now and has helped me with settling into school a lot.
I nod and sip the last of my coffee before throwing it in the bin.
"Yeah sure, where?.....Oh! We could all watch a movie later on"
I turn to her and nod my head enthusiastically.
Hazel nods back.
"Yeah, yeah. That's what I was thinking"
Her tone flattens.
"0kay I've gotta get to maths but I'll say to PJ!"
I skip off down the hallway and practically run to maths.
I was late last lesson and that definitely didn't go well.

-movie night at PJs-

"No Josie, we aren't watching that"
PJ shuffles through movies on Netflix
"It's so boring"
Hazel mumbles through a mouth full of popcorn. I laugh and turn to smile at her. She smiles back and popcorn falls onto the bed.
"What about.....
PJ shuffles through the movies again
"Oh! The wolf of Wall Street"
"Yesss"
Josie exclaims. PJ half moans.
"Margot Robbie is so fucking hot"
"You're gross"
I nudge her and she stubbles off the bed.
"Iiii don't think there's room for all of us"
We all turn to her bed.
Hazels runs and jumps on and lies flat on her face in a starfish position. Josie and I laugh.
"Um okay"
PJ grabs Doritos and crawls up beside Hazel in the middle. Josie goes beside her and I squeeze in at the end beside Hazel.
Josie flicks the light off and we start the movie.
"I've never seen it"
I say, taking some popcorn from Hazels bag.
"Seriously?"
PJ leans forward and turns up the volume too loud.
A few minutes of silence in, I start to become conscience of the tight squeeze. Hazels leg is touching mine from hip to ankle and I shuffle away, slightly tense. She shuffles in response.
"Sorry"
She turns to me, I turn to her and the proximity is glaring.
I've never been this close to her. My eyes fall to her nose and the freckles under her eyes that have gone unnoticed.
"I didn't know you had freckles"
That was supposed to be an inside thought. I wince internally. My cheeks are on fire but it's too dark to notice.
She smiles and her eyes crease. Mine do the same.
"Sshhhh!"
We both let out a breath, a half laugh. Her breath is minty.
"Oh- sorry yeah it's fine"
I shake my head remembering what she'd said.
"What?"
"Your leg. It's a tight squeeze, so I don't mind"
She nods and turns back to the movie.

Within half an hour Josie is asleep and PJ is on her phone. Hazel seems engrossed, having not glanced in my direction for 27 1/2 minutes.
I mean it's not like I'm keeping track at all.
I adjust my position and lay my hands flat on my leg,tilting my head up to the ceiling.
"Do you think Margot Robbie's hot?"
Hazel mumbles, gazing at me.
"Um"
I look down at the screen. We're at THAT scene.
"Right now"
I take a second to contemplate.
"Yeah I think I might just"
She pops popcorn into her mouth.
"Unpopular opinion"
Shaking her head in disapproval.
"Oh yeah I'm sure"
"I mean she's not really your type"
"Who says?"
I turn to her and stuff popcorn into my mouth, some spills on her and she chucks it back at me.
"Hey!"
"So she is your type?"
"Why do you wanna know Hazel?"
She shrugs.
"Research, for our biology project, very necessary"
Her assertiveness is cute. Cute? The thought starts to bug me. I've never thought my friend was cute before.
"Let's just watch the movie"
I cross my arms and sink into the bed more.
Hazel looks at me, I can feel it, I know that if I turn, my heart will skip in that familiar way. The way it has been skipping for the past few weeks.
And I don't want it to. Not for my friend. Not for a girl...
So I stare forward. Ignoring her warm gaze.